rent
//ˈɹɛnt//
Forms
- Plural
- rents
- present (v1)
- rent
- past (v2)
- rented
- past participle (v3)
- rented
- present participle
- renting
- 3rd person singular
- rents
Definitions
1.A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to lease a property.
- I am asking £300 a week rent.
- This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything.
2.A similar payment for the use of a product, equipment or a service.
- If your rent comes in past the fifth, a late charge will be added.
3.A profit from possession of a valuable right, as a restricted license to engage in a trade or business.
- A New York city taxicab license earns more than $10,000 a year in rent.
4.An object for which rent is charged or paid.
- If your rent comes in past the fifth, a late charge will be added.
1.To obtain or have temporary possession of an object (e.g. a movie) in exchange for money.
2.To take a lease of premises in exchange for rent.
- I rented a house from my friend's parents for a year.
3.To grant a lease in return for rent.(informal)
- We rented our house to our son's friend for a year.
4.To be leased or let for rent.(informal)
- The house rents for five hundred dollars a month.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3603
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle English rent, rente
From Old French rente
From Early Medieval Latin rendita
From Late Latin rendere
From Latin reddere.